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¹ O Lord, ^(b)rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor discipline me in your wrath!
² For your ^(c)arrows have sunk into me,
    and your hand ^(d)has come down on me.

³ There is ^(e)no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my ^(f)bones
    because of my sin.
⁴ For my ^(g)iniquities have gone over my head;
    like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

⁵ My wounds stink and fester
    because of my foolishness,
⁶ I am ^(h)utterly bowed down and ⁽ⁱ⁾prostrate;
    all the day I ^(j)go about mourning.
⁷ For my sides are filled with burning,
    and there is ^(k)no soundness in my flesh.
⁸ I am feeble and crushed;
    I ^(l)groan because of the tumult of my heart.

⁹ O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my ^(m)sighing is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
    and ⁽ⁿ⁾the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
¹¹ My ^(o)friends and companions ^(p)stand aloof from my ^(q)plague,
    and my nearest kin ^(r)stand far off.

¹² Those who seek my life ^(s)lay their snares;
    those who seek my hurt ^(t)speak of ruin
    and meditate ^(u)treachery all day long.

¹³ But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
    like ^(v)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴ I have become like a man who does not hear,
    and in whose mouth are no ^(w)rebukes.

¹⁵ But for ^(x)you, O Lord, do I wait;
    it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
¹⁶ For I said, "Only ^(y)let them not rejoice over me,
    who ^(z)boast against me when my ^(aa)foot slips!"

¹⁷ For I am ^(ab)ready to fall,
    and my pain is ever before me.
¹⁸ I ^(ac)confess my iniquity;
    I am ^(ad)sorry for my sin.
¹⁹ But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
    and many are those who hate me ^(ae)wrongfully.
²⁰ Those who ^(af)render me evil for good
    ^(ag)accuse me because I ^(ah)follow after good.

²¹ Do not forsake me, O Lord!
    O my God, be not ^(ai)far from me!
^22 (aj)Make haste to help me,
    O Lord, my ^(ak)salvation!